Bangladesh cricket probes sexual harassment claims

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has opened an inquiry after former girls’s captain Jahanara Alam accused former and serving officers of sexual harassment.

The 32-year-old pacer, in an interview on a YouTube channel, accused officers together with then selector and supervisor Manjurul Islam of sexual harassment throughout the 2022 Ladies’s World Cup in South Africa.

Mr. Manjurul, who’s at the moment in China, rejected the allegations as “baseless”.

Describing an incident throughout the 2022 World Cup, Ms. Jahanara alleged that Manjurul “made inappropriate bodily contact”, claiming he “usually hugged or pressed feminine gamers to his chest” beneath the pretext of encouragement.

“You’ll be able to ask different women within the crew”, Manjurul stated. “That is all false.”

Mr. Manjurul, 46, a former left-arm seamer, performed 12 Assessments and 34 ODIs for Bangladesh between 1999 and 2004, earlier than serving in varied teaching and managerial roles.

Ms. Jahanara took 48 wickets in ODIs, and 60 in T20s, throughout 135 white-ball matches for her nation.

She additionally named different BCB officers, and stated that she had beforehand written to the board, however that no motion had been taken.

The BCB stated a committee would submit its findings inside 15 working days.

It reaffirmed its dedication to a “protected, respectful, {and professional} atmosphere”, it stated in a press release late on Thursday (November 6, 2025).

“We have now to analyze this, since it is a critical matter,” BCB vice-president Shakhawat Hossain stated.